Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SU-PRA-DE-COM'POUND
SU-PRA-CRE-TA'CEOUS, or SU-PER-CRE-TA'CEOUSSU-PRA-FO-LI-A'CEOUS
SU-PRA-DE-COM'POUND, a. [supra and decompound.]
More than decompound; thrice compound. A supra-decompound leaf, is when a petiole divided several times, connects many leaflets; each part forming a decompound leaf. – Martyn.
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